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Where is Bamuwal?

Bamuwal is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029095, and it covers 657 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,054 people in Bamuwal: 1,099 men and 955 women, living in 397 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 657 hectares, the population density works out to about 313 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 233, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 935 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.66 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.69 per cent and women at 70.51 per cent. The census recorded 729 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 459 main workers, the largest group, 267, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 152 other workers in trade, transport and services and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 270 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bamuwal's land. Of the village's 657 hectares, 596 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (596 hectares). About 61 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 272 cultivators and 258 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bamuwal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mudowal and Lakhanke Padde.

What is the population of Bamuwal?

The population of Bamuwal was 2,054 at the 2011 census, living in 397 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Bamuwal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bamuwal has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.